The Autoloader is great on paper, but what happens when FDC needs adjustments in a multiple round fire mission. Say the fuze is not correct and requires a change, Also the tube can only sustain a certain amount of rounds per minute (classified) and the crew drills can be done easily to the min standard.

Figure the size of the gun needed to use the autoloader, the weight and cost of support for such a gun and it becomes something that is not nearly as reliable on the battlefield.

Yea, I need to simulate the fin covering coming off haha. When combined with another mod in the community, ACE, the over pressure there is pretty high anyways. I'd never do that in a real game (just testing in that video, obviously, with all the debug info and color trails).

Currently working on the sight unit for when the AFCS breaks down, so you have to go lay stakes, collimator or find a DAP. Also reworking the loading interface to be more interactive (its just a boring menu now where you chose round, charge, fuze type (and time if required)). Going to have some nice drawings of the rounds: http://raceriv.com/arma2/155mm_drawings.jpg (don't mind that the M110 round has a M782 in that drawing, I know it should be an M767 ET fuze, just haven't uploaded the latest images).

Yea, and I have seen some pretty freaky videos from the development of the Korean K9 155mm SPG where during development the autoloader failed to ram the round home and as the plunger extracted during a HA mission (it can autoload during HA fires which is pretty cool) the round slipped out and fell onto the floor of the gun...

Currently we all use the PDFCS now, but the site can be found here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/13770861/Howi ... 5mm-m109a6

I have a few direct fire videos from the range (degraded) on my facebook. Yes, it can be done - the elevations with charge and round combo's are displayed on a plate for the Chief and or Gunner to read.